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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 17, 201132 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this heat advisory at Jul 17, 2011, 3:40 PM EDT for 32 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jul 18, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2011, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 18, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 18, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
All 52 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 22 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 803 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
803 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jul 17, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:28 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
328 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
080-082-180000-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HIGHLAND-
PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...
XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...
HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...
HILLSBORO...PIKETON
328 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION TODAY...

SOUTHERLY FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS ALLOWING A WARM
AND HUMID AIRMASS TO DOMINATE THE REGION TODAY. HEAT INDICIES IN
THE LOWER TO MID 90S CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON....AND WILL BE
SLOW TO FALL THIS EVENING. BY 8 PM...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL DIMINISH.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WEAR
LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK
PLENTY OF WATER.

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077>079-081-088-180000-
RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-ADAMS-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...
RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...
INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...
BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...CINCINNATI...
MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...WEST UNION...PORTSMOUTH
328 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...INCREASING HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO AFFECT THE REGION TODAY...

SOUTHERLY FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW A WARM
AND HUMID AIRMASS TO WORK INTO THE REGION TODAY. HEAT INDICIES IN
THE UPPER 90S CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. BY 8 PM...HEAT INDEX
VALUES WILL LESSEN.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE.  WEAR
LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK
PLENTY OF WATER.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 2:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown3 hr
Jul 17, 7:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown115 min
Jul 17, 7:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNPendleton2 hr
Jul 17, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBracken, Grant, Pendleton2 hr
Jul 17, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNOwen43 min
Jul 17, 5:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNGrant, Owen89 min
Jul 17, 6:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGrant, Owen113 min
Jul 17, 6:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNRipley2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.